A Comparison of Blake, Wordsworth and Keats
William Blake, John Keats and William Wordsworth all believe in the “depth” of the world and the possibilities of the human heart. However, each poet looks towards different periods in time to capture meaning in life. Blake looks towards the future for his inspiration, Keats towards the present and Wordsworth towards the past. Regardless of where each poet looks for their inspiration they are all looking for the same thing; timeless innocence. Each poet sought to transcend time by creating works that dealt with life, death, hope and imagination and to discover some kind of deep truth or meaning in existence. Life and death is an issue that we will all have to deal with at some point in our life and like all Romantics they sought to give it meaning.
To say that Blake looked towards the future in his poetry would be correct but would not be entirely accurate. Yes, Blake did look towards the future but more specifically he looked at the......
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